Death record of Michelangelo LauriaINDEX#60 1908 Oct 10th in the town of Saponara di Grumento in house at Santo Infantino #635 death of Michelangelo Lauria age 64(1844)shepherd son of deceased Giuseppe Lauria and Rosalia Casella husband of Teresa PadulaCLICK FOR RECORD CLICK TO ENLARGE

INDEX#73 1918 Oct 26th in the town of Saponara di Grumento in house at Santo Infantino #635 death of Teresa Padula age 72(1846) daughter of deceased Francesco Padula and deceased Caterina Vertunni widow of Michelangelo Lauria CLICK FOR RECORD CLICK TO ENLARGE

Marriage of Michelangelo Lauria and Teresa Padula INDEX#71868 Aug 2nd in the town of Saponara di Grumento marriage of Michelangelo Lauria age 24 son of deceased Giuseppe Lauria and Rosalia Casella married to Teresa Padula age 22 daughter of deceased Francesco Padula and Caterina Vertunni CLICK FOR RECORD CLICK TO ENLARGE

Since this post I have learned that Pasquale's parents were Nicola Toscano and Anna Maria Fucile so POSSIBLY this record was suppose to read "daughter of the late Raffaele Romeo (not Toscano) and the late Teresa Pannella???" Still not sure about this. Maybe someone who chances upon this post and has Carmela Romeo (born 1814-1817) married to Pasquale Toscano in their family history can either confirm or negate this for me. It would be helpful and appreciated.

I am hoping that someone may have the abovementioned couple in their family history and can confirm whether (or not) this was a second marriage for Gaetano?

The Gaetano Bafunno mentioned above was the son of Antonio Bafunno and Rosolia Sacco and he was born in Saponara (approximately 1823). (Death Record Index 10 – April 1906) The death record only mentions one wife, Antonia Giannone.

I have three children born to this couple (so far):Vito Bafunno, November 1859 (Index 139) Tiberio Bafunno, December 1862 (Index 107)Luigi Bafunno, January 1866 (Index11)

My snag is that I have a Gaetano Bafunno in my history for whom I have not been able to find a death record. He was also the son of an "Antonio Bafunno", and was born approximately 1823, but as yet I have not been able to establish his mother's name. He was married to Francesca Nigri/o who died in April 1854. It is QUITE POSSIBLE that both these Gaetano's are the same but I don't have, at this stage, any source to prove this. Maybe someone who has viewed some of the earlier LDS films can help me with this.